Candidates must possess a Ph.D. in a relevant field at the time of hire. The successful candidate will have experience teaching in higher education, a record for research and service, and ability to cooperate with others for the good of the institution.

In pursuit of the goals of CUNY’s Black, Race and Ethnic Studies Initiative, GSLIS seeks candidates with the ability to employ perspectives from critical race studies, Indigenous methods, environmental justice, and queer studies.

Qualified candidates will have research and teaching expertise as well as practical experience in one or more of the following areas:

• Social and community informatics; the digital divide; public infrastructure for information use
• Geographic information; the critical use of mapping technologies; the social uses of spatial data; geographic information systems or data visualization
• Digital spaces; virtual and augmented reality; online information cultures; information activism

Candidates are especially encouraged to apply if they have:

• A strong track record of obtaining research funding and delivering successful research projects
• Experience teaching at undergraduate level
• An interest in public facing scholarship, demonstrated through outputs such as multimedia production, exhibition curation or public education activities

While based in Information Studies, this faculty member could also potentially teach in Political Science, Sociology, and Urban Studies within the School of Social Sciences, as well as in our interdisciplinary programs such as Africana Studies, Asian Studies or Latino Studies.